secondary or explanatory title 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a descriptive phrase explaining the scope
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a secondary title used to amplify or state certain limitations of the main title
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Portion of a work's title following the semicolon or colon. For example, in the title Appraising Personality: An Introduction, the words An Introduction constitute the subtitle.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A descriptive phrase which clarifies or explains a main title.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A secondary title that usually gives an indication of the scope of the work.  able of contents - The list of chapter headings, subheadings, etc., usually found at the beginning of a publication.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an explanatory phrase following a main title (e.g., Volcanoes of North America :a reading lesson for students of geography and geology).
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A secondary title, often used to expand or to limit the main title.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            An explanatory part which sometimes follows the main title, for example: Nothing but You: Love Stories from the New Yorker.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the explanatory title in a report
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an explanatory phrase following a main title. Go To
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A sentence or phrase that appears after the title of a book.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. For example, Mary Shelley used a subtitle to give her most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, an alternate title to give a hint of the theme. There are at least eight books in English that carry the subtitle Virtue Rewarded.